SharingDividing Taking it back to Grade 3 Take

Sharing/Dividing

Taking it back to Grade 3!

Take 12 counters for your table group.

Now, divide the counters evenly among all the people at your table.

What is the DIVISION sentence you just created/demonstrated?

Now, use your counters to demonstrate the fraction 6/7

Split your fraction into 2 equal parts.

That’s 6/7 divided by 2. What is your answer? How did you get it?

�A recipe calls for the following ingredients: ◦ 3 ¾ cups of flour ◦ 1 ½ cups of sugar ◦ 1/3 cup of butter ◦ 3 teaspoons of vanilla The whole recipe will make 3 dozen cookies. You only want 1 dozen. What amounts of each of the ingredients should you use? Dividing Fractions by a Whole Number

�A recipe calls for the following ingredients: ◦ 2 1/3 cups of flour ◦ 1 ½ cups of sugar ◦ 2/3 cup of butter ◦ 2 teaspoons of vanilla The whole recipe will make 2 dozen cookies. You only want 1 dozen. What amounts of each of the ingredients should you use? Dividing Fractions by a Whole Number

�A recipe calls for the following ingredients: ◦ 2 ½ cups of flour ◦ 1 1/4 cups of sugar ◦ ½ cup of butter ◦ 2 teaspoons of vanilla The whole recipe will make 2 dozen cookies. You want 5 dozen. What amounts of each of the ingredients should you use? Dividing Fractions by a Whole Number